1 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.8.0 to libfolks 0.9.0
2 =========================================================
8 • Added an ofono backend
9 • Ported to libgee 0.8.x
12 • Bug 682941 — API to configure input of aggregation
13 • Bug 685084 — Add a folks backend for ofono phonebook
14 • Bug 686056 — Add api to create and remove address books
15 • Bug 685250 — make <test>.gdb deadlocks
16 • Bug 686674 — Tracker backend doesn't implement new Backend functions
17 • Bug 686506 — Make zeitgeist dependency optional again
18 • Bug 686693 — writing birthday lacks conversion from UTC
19 • Bug 685401 — linking by email
20 • Bug 687050 — eds: expose Google system groups in the API
21 • Bug 686673 — Build error: libsocialweb backend doesn't implement new Backend
23 • Bug 688834 — getting properties creates data structures over and over again
24 • Bug 688923 — remove URLs (blog, free/busy, video, home page)
25 • Bug 689146 — disabling EDS address books does not remove personas
26 • Bug 689859 — core folks does not depend on telepathy
27 • Bug 677633 — Cannot delete favourite
28 • Bug 685992 — empathy strips the "+" (plus) from the numbers from the
30 • Bug 690989 — "warning: copying delegates is discouraged"
31 • Bug 690990 — Add tests/README
32 • Bug 690876 — eds: fix various test failures
33 • Bug 691167 — Build failure: key-file tests built before dependencies
34 • Bug 686695 — support nickname in add_persona_from_details
35 • Bug 691382 — Restore tests disabled by bug #668415 (which has been fixed)
36 • Bug 691923 — Don't rebuild docs on every "make" run
37 • Bug 692122 — build: Don't use make functions for defining TESTS
38 • Bug 693435 — eds test: create-remove-stores fails sporadically
39 • Bug 673918 — Port to newer libgee
40 • Bug 692951 — Detail saving times out if the data sent is the same as the one
44 • Add Backend.enable_persona_store and disable_persona_store.
45 • Add Backend.set_persona_stores.
46 • Add IndividualAggregator.new_with_backend_store.
47 • Add Edsf.PersonaStore.create|remove_address_book.
49 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.4.1 to libfolks 0.8.0
50 ===========================================================
53 • Some translation comment and documentation improvements
54 • Lots of updated translations
57 • Bug 684014 — A few outstanding issues in the internationalisation
58 • Bug 683390 — Individuals sometimes not removed when disabling their
60 • Bug 672709 — Add new interaction details properties to individuals
62 • Bug 684954 — Debug message claim that Individual are created with no personas
64 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.4 to libfolks 0.7.4.1
65 ===========================================================
67 Fixed so version by bumping the right numbers in configure.ac
69 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.3 to libfolks 0.7.4
70 =========================================================
73 • Bug 681346 — Individual id can be inconsistent
74 • Bug 681420 — warning (vala 0.17.x): access to static class members through an
76 • Bug 664072 — Folks should only use assert*() for critical, program-terminating
78 • Bug 682572 — Build failures due to accessing static members
79 • Bug 682346 — build: Make telepathy backend optional
80 • Bug 682809 — Lazy instantiation of multi-valued properties
81 • Bug 682719 — eds test fails to compile
82 • Bug 683319 — Crash in individual-aggregator: _personas_changed_cb
83 • Bug 681164 — Folks-inspect linking fails
84 • Bug 680335 — empathy crashed with SIGSEGV in
85 _tpf_persona_contact_weak_notify_cb()
86 • Bug 681726 — empathy crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()
87 • Bug 683452 — gnome-contacts starts up with an empty address book
88 • Bug 681476 — folks-inspect could use some methods to set values
89 • Bug 683390 — Individuals sometimes not removed when disabling their Telepathy account
90 • Bug 683267 — Warning when starting in non group mode
91 • Bug 683093 — Crash in
92 __tpf_persona_store_self_contact_changed_cb_g_object_notify
95 • Add PropertyError.UNAVAILABLE
97 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.2 to libfolks 0.7.3
98 =========================================================
101 • Bug 629537 — Support anti-linking
102 • Bug 679618 — Crash when unsetting all groups
103 • Bug 678696 — Add API for EDS Google system groups
104 • Bug 669158 — Readonly/Offline issues
105 • Bug 675223 — Shouldn't warn if CM does not implement any contact list
106 • Bug 660128 — Most contacts don't have an avatar
107 • Bug 652637 — Don't hold locks across async calls
108 • Bug 660236 — Paging for long text in folks-inspect
109 • Bug 679116 — Output debug message if modules are not loaded because of mime
111 • Bug 657456 — Folks test output not terribly useful
112 • Bug 674611 — Remove gconf.path once EDS drops GConf
115 • Add AntiLinkable interface and implement it on Kf.Persona and Edsf.Persona
116 • Add Edsf.Persona.in_google_personal_group
117 • Add IndividualAggregator.unprepare()
119 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.1 to libfolks 0.7.2
120 =========================================================
123 • evolution-data-server ≥ 3.5.3.1
126 • Bug 677166 — Salut personas survive disconnection
127 • Bug 678474 — potential-match should be smarter with accents
128 • Bug 678781 — memory leak in e-d-s backend
129 • Bug 678811 — Fix eds backend unit tests
130 • Bug 678734 — Add profiling API
131 • Bug 679020 — Fail to build master using vala master
136 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.7.0 to libfolks 0.7.1
137 =========================================================
140 • telepathy-glib ≥ 0.17.5
141 • libzeitgeist ≥ 0.3.14
142 • evolution-data-server ≥ 3.5.3
144 • GConf dependency dropped
148 • Bug 674256 — telepathy-glib minimal version is insufficient
149 • Bug 647909 — Port Folks to GSettings
150 • Bug 663890 — @throws annotations missing for some functions
151 • Bug 675292 — Assertion when joining IRC channel
152 • Bug 676023 — Invalid read when preparing the aggregator
153 • Bug 627403 — Move default presence messages from Empathy to libfolks
154 • Bug 675121 — port Folks to eds api changes
155 • Bug 672709 — Add new interaction details properties to individuals
158 • Add PresenceDetails.get_default_message_from_type()
159 • Add new Individual properties:
160 - im_interaction_count
161 - call_interaction_count
162 - last_im_interaction_timestamp
163 - last_call_interaction_timestamp
164 • Add InteractionDetails interface to report interactions with Personas and
167 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.9 to libfolks 0.7.0
168 =========================================================
171 * Folks now uses the Connection.ContactList Telepathy spec. instead of the
172 deprecated Channel.ContactList. This means legacy Connection Managers
173 (notably telepathy-butterfly) are not supported any more .
176 • Bug 658576 — Need API to get a FolksIndividual from his ID
177 • Bug 671662 — Renamed alias of Facebook contact is not saved
178 • Bug 630822 — Support Connection.Interface.ContactList API
181 • Add IndividualAggregator.look_up_individual()
183 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.8 to libfolks 0.6.9
184 =============================================================
187 • telepathy-glib ≥ 0.15.5
190 • Bug 672980 — tp_account_get_protocol: assertion `TP_IS_ACCOUNT (account)' failed
192 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.7 to libfolks 0.6.8
193 =============================================================
196 * FOLKS_DEBUG has been removed in favour of G_MESSAGES_DEBUG (and the bug where
197 folks would set G_MESSAGES_DEBUG for any process linked to it has been fixed)
198 * A --disable-fatal-warnings configure flag has been added for non-developers
199 * Update favourite status of EDS contacts with membership of the ‘Starred in
200 Android’ Google Contacts group
201 * Improvements to linking suggestions (potential matches)
202 * Improvements to folks-inspect to make it a good command line citizen
205 * Bug 670191 — IndividualAggregator::is-quiescent is never set to TRUE
206 * Bug 670523 — persona.vala:153:folks_persona_get_individual:
207 assertion failed: (_tmp6_)
208 * Bug 672381 — invalid uninstantiatable type `<invalid>' in cast to
210 * Bug 670347 — Check for null birthday strings
211 * Bug 661490 — Should mark contacts from the "Starred in Android" group as
213 * Bug 671714 — Fail to add contact to the contact list
214 * Bug 672373 — folks-import segfaults (Archlinux x86_64)
215 * Bug 670348 — Handle Telepathy CMs crashing/being invalidated
216 * Bug 671900 — Folks should not suggest linking contacts from telepathy-salut
217 * Bug 670872 — Should be less sensitive to accentuated chars
218 * Bug 669984 — Does not notify when contacts are added to groups
219 * Bug 660235 — Consistent signal handlers to a terminal would be cool
220 * Bug 671499 — Don't set G_MESSAGES_DEBUG unconditionally
223 * Add MatchResult.NONE enum member
225 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.6 to libfolks 0.6.7
226 =============================================================
228 * Bug 666310 — Crash in Tracker backend by unsetting an entry in a read-only map
229 * Bug 666528 — Can't convert from type 'GFile' to 'gchararray'
230 * Bug 666540 — Segfault on empty e-mail addresses with potential match
231 * Bug 659610 — Support code coverage report generation
232 * Bug 657063 — Allow to pass a command to folks-inspect
233 * Bug 667410 — A second instance of the aggregator only fetch a small subset of
235 * Bug 667535 — persona created by tpf_persona_dup_for_contact() outlives its
237 * Bug 670196 — Disable GLib deprecation warnings
238 * Bug 668415 — Port to Vala 0.15.x
241 * Add PostalAddress.is_empty() and Role.is_empty()
243 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.5 to libfolks 0.6.6
244 =============================================================
246 * Bug 664158 — Stale log handler can cause segfault when re-creating Aggregator
248 * Bug 663889 — crash due to NameDetails which fail to guarantee
249 non-null full-name/nickname
250 * Bug 665039 — Crash in folks_backends_sw_backend_add_service
251 * Bug 665728 — TpfPersonaStore: prepare() isn't mutually exclusive inside a
253 * Bug 665692 — Use constructors correctly
254 * Bug 665376 — Add API to get a TpfPersona from a TpContact
257 * Add Edsf.PersonaStore.source
258 * Make Edsf.Persona.contact writeable on construct (previously private setter)
259 * Make Edsf.Persona.contact_id writeable on construct (previously private
261 * Add Swf.PersonaStore.service
262 * Make Swf.Persona.lsw_contact writeable on construct (previously private
264 * Add Trf.Persona.tracker_id
265 * Add Trf.Persona.cursor
266 * Make AbstractFieldDetails.value writeable on construct (previously just a
268 * Make AbstractFieldDetails.parameters writeable on construct (previously just a
270 * Add ObjectCache.type_id
272 * Add Tpf.PersonaStore.dup_for_account() and Tpf.Persona.dup_for_contact()
274 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.4.1 to libfolks 0.6.5
275 =============================================================
277 * Bug 662285 — Error with email -> im_addresses when updating a contact
278 * Bug 662433 — AbstractFieldDetails.equal() is ambiguous about checking
280 * Bug 660908 — Add favourites support to EDS backend
281 * Bug 662770 — ContactPhotos are ignored when mime type is null
282 * Bug 662616 — We should set mime type when setting an EContact's photo
283 * Bug 662274 — Failed to link personas: Can't link personas with no primary
285 * Bug 662314 — Gnome-shell restarts if I change my user status to
286 disconnected/unavailable
287 * Bug 663798 — Add AbstractFieldDetails.value_type
288 * Bug 659585 — GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_bus_unwatch_name: assertion
289 `watcher_id > 0' failed
292 * Add AbstractFieldDetails.id to identify instances of details
293 * Deprecate PostalAddress.uid in favor of AbstractFieldDetails.id
294 * Deprecate NoteFieldDetails.uid in favor of AbstractFieldDetails.id
295 * Deprecate Role.uid in favor of AbstractFieldDetails.id
296 * Add AbstractFieldDetails.values_equal() to compare values (but not parameters)
297 * Implement FavouriteDetails on Edsf.Persona
298 * Add AbstractFieldDetails.value_type
301 * PostalAddress.equal() now ignores PostalAddress.uid
302 * NoteFieldDetails.equal() now ignores NoteFieldDetails.uid
304 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.4 to libfolks 0.6.4.1
305 =============================================================
307 * Bug 662095 — so name of libfolks v 0.6.4 is lower than of libfolks v 0.6.3.x
309 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.3.2 to libfolks 0.6.4
310 =============================================================
312 * Bug 660217 — folks-0.6.3.2 requires tracker-0.12, but configure.ac calls
313 VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES([tracker-sparql-0.12])
314 * Bug 657602 — Telepathy backend fails to set Personas' phone numbers from
316 * Bug 660937 — [regression] build failure: No package 'gee-1.0' found
317 * Bug 661475 — string_strip: assertion `self != NULL' failed
320 * Implement PhoneDetails on Tpf.Persona
321 * Implement NameDetails on Tpf.Persona
322 * Implement EmailDetails on Tpf.Persona
323 * Implement UrlDetails on Tpf.Persona
324 * Implement BirthdayDetails on Tpf.Persona
325 * Add PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_NON_USER
327 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.3.1 to libfolks 0.6.3.2
328 =============================================================
330 * Bug 660140 — contacts_contact_find_persona_from_store: assertion `store !=
332 * Bug 659041 — tpf-persona-store.vala: try to connect to a NULL object
333 * Bug 660051 — require tracker 0.12
335 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.3 to libfolks 0.6.3.1
336 ===========================================================
338 * Bug 658631 — Deprecate PersonaStore.can-[alias|group]-personas
339 * Bug 658002 — defective typelib
340 * Bug 659737 — tests fail due to usage of deprecated methods
341 * Bug 659732 — Gnome fails to load and crashes when the Evolution-exchange
345 * Deprecate Folks.PersonaStore.can_[alias, group]_personas.
346 Applications should use Folks.PersonaStore#always-writeable-properties
347 and Folks.Persona#writeable-properties to check availability of "alias"
348 and "groups" properties.
350 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.2.1 to libfolks 0.6.3
351 ===========================================================
354 * Cleanup of the definition of “writeable” which involves a couple of API
355 deprecations and additions, and some internal re-working.
356 * Beginnings of standardising TYPE values for AbstractFieldDetails
359 * Bug 658631 — crash at empathy startup
360 * Bug 658331 — Ensure read-only PersonaStores have empty writeable-properties
362 * Bug 658730 — ngettext (Plural forms) needed for
363 "Imported %u buddies from '%s'."
364 * Bug 633781 — Allow to set avatar on individuals
365 * Bug 657142 — Automatically link e-d-s contacts with their contacts from
367 * Bug 658002 — defective typelib
368 * Bug 657065 — Cache keeps around contacts from disabled accounts
369 * Bug 658323 — Deprecate FOLKS_WRITEABLE_STORE in favour of FOLKS_PRIMARY_STORE
370 * Bug 659095 — Don't distribute typelib file
371 * Bug 659128 — If a persona store goes away we don't remove its personas
372 * Bug 657141 — Backend should ask eds for the default backend, not hardcode it
373 * Bug 658531 — Sometimes avatar caching doesn't work
374 * Bug 658328 — Return PropertyError.NOT_WRITEABLE from Persona property setters
376 * Bug 646847 — We should rename _update () in Trf.Persona to something more less
378 * Bug 658161 — Consistently use “contact” in translatable strings instead of
380 * Bug 657738 — Favorite people are not always displayed
381 * Bug 653623 — Would like a set of standard "type" parameters for UrlDetails
384 * Individual.avatar is now settable using Individual.change_avatar() (not new
385 API, but it no longer always returns an error)
386 * We now use the FOLKS_PRIMARY_STORE env var instead of FOLKS_WRITEABLE_STORE
387 to configure the primary store
388 * Deprecate Folks.PersonaStore.is_writeable
389 * Add Folks.PersonaStore.is_primary_store
390 * Add Folks.IndividualAggregatorError.NO_PRIMARY_STORE
391 * In IndividualAggregator.ensure_individual_property_writeable we now throw
392 NO_PRIMARY_STORE instead of NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
393 * Add Folks.PersonaStore.user_set_default
394 * Add AbstractFieldDetails.PARAM_TYPE, .PARAM_TYPE_HOME, .PARAM_TYPE_WORK,
396 * Add UrlFieldDetails.PARAM_TYPE_HOME_PAGE, .PARAM_TYPE_BLOG,
397 .PARAM_TYPE_PROFILE, .PARAM_TYPE_FTP
399 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.2 to libfolks 0.6.2.1
400 ===========================================================
403 * Bug 658580 — Assertion in gee_hash_map_node_iterator_next with folks 0.6.2
405 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.1 to libfolks 0.6.2
406 =========================================================
409 * Bug 645056 — TpLowlevel library should have only static public functions
410 * Bug 653777 — Would be nice to have a helper function to create a writable
412 * Bug 657635 — Linking personas from different (e-d-s) stores is not working
413 * Bug 657510 — Add asynchronous property setter methods
414 * Bug 656184 — Add is-quiescent property
415 * Bug 657971 — Need BirthdayDetails support in eds backend
416 * Bug 657789 — Don't claim uneditable eds fields as writable
417 * Bug 657282 — Add an IndividualAggregator.individuals_changed_detailed signal
418 * Bug 657969 — Support RoleDetails in eds backend
419 * Bug 657783 — Prefer data from primary store when picking Individual values
420 * Bug 658411 — Only emit notifications for linkable properties if they've
422 * Bug 656689 — Re-link personas on linkable properties being changed
425 * Add PersonaStore:always-writeable-properties property
426 * Add IndividualAggregatorError.PROPERTY_NOT_WRITEABLE error
427 * Add IndividualAggregator.ensure_individual_property_writeable()
428 * Add Folks.PropertyError
429 * Add *Details.change_*() virtual methods
430 * Add IndividualAggregator:is-quiescent, Backend:is-quiescent and
431 PersonaStore:is-quiescent
432 * Add PersonaDetail.GROUPS and PersonaDetail.INVALID
433 * Add IndividualAggregator.individuals_changed_detailed and deprecate
434 IndividualAggregator.individuals_changed (but not remove or break it)
436 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.6.0 to libfolks 0.6.1
437 =========================================================
440 * Bug 656659 — Use vcards for postal addresses
441 * Bug 655374 — Un-break avatar tests
442 * Bug 657067 — Can't build EDS backend using Vala master
443 * Bug 657332 — Add linking link-individuals
445 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.5.2 to libfolks 0.6.0
446 =========================================================
449 * Bug 649925 — expose SocialWebClient.Contact in Swf.Persona
450 * Bug 646244 — Incomplete logic to handle attribute updates in Folks.Individual
451 * Bug 652463 — Tidy up CLEANFILES
452 * Bug 652434 — Add ability to run any tests through gdb
453 * Bug 648071 — Add support for presence status from Telepathy
454 * Bug 652472 — Handle failure in getting the logger service better
455 * Bug 629716 — Migrate Folks to GDBus
456 * Bug 652660 — Make Individual.id more stable and well-defined
457 * Bug 652449 — Folks.Individual's property getters should be read only
458 * Bug 653325 — Build system does not complain if trying to build docs without
460 * Bug 653746 — mismatch between hash and equals in Note
461 * Bug 638281 — Add an EDS backend
462 * Bug 654509 — Folks master not building
463 * Bug 652048 — Make nickname writable
464 * Bug 652425 — Failure codes for removing personas needed in PersonaStoreError
465 * Bug 645549 — Add a way to get the individual from a persona
466 * Bug 650422 — Add API for easily checking whether details are writeable
467 * Bug 655019 — Don't notify twice for nickname changes
468 * Bug 650414 — Need better APIs to handle image data
469 * Bug 652643 — Add PersonaStore cache
470 * Bug 655510 — Make truly-writeable *Details property setters public
471 * Bug 654907 — The writable store shouldn't be set by type_id
472 * Bug 655745 — Implement read/write support for gender property
473 * Bug 649296 — Folks backend files shouldn't begin with "lib"
474 * Bug 652657 — Allow writing to properties of all personas
475 * Bug 655008 — Tidy up error handling in eds backend
476 * Bug 653619 — Add company details
477 * Bug 653679 — Change PostalAddressDetails.postal_addresses to support
478 vCard-like arbitrary parameters
479 * Bug 653680 — Change ImDetails.im_addresses to support vCard-like arbitrary
481 * Bug 655917 — Rebase EmailDetails.email_addresses upon an
482 AbstractFieldDetails-derived class
483 * Bug 655374 — Un-break avatar tests
484 * Bug 655919 — Rebase NoteDetails.notes upon an AbstractFieldDetails-derived
486 * Bug 655920 — Rebase PhoneDetails.numbers upon an AbstractFieldDetails-derived
488 * Bug 653682 — Change WebServiceDetails.web_service_addresses to support
489 vCard-like arbitrary parameters
490 * Bug 655921 — Change RoleDetails.roles to support vCard-like arbitrary
492 * Bug 655922 — Rebase UrlDetails.urls upon an AbstractFieldDetails-derived class
493 * Bug 648818 — Support the EDS backend being a primary
494 * Bug 655609 — Implement setter for URLs
497 * Swf.Persona retains and exposes its libsocialweb Contact
498 * Add a PresenceDetails.presence_status property
499 * Make NameDetails.nickname settable
500 * Drop AliasDetails support from Trf.Persona
501 * Add PersonaStoreError.PERMISSION_DENIED and PersonaStoreError.REMOVE_FAILED
502 * Change the error domain of PersonaStore.remove_persona() from GLib.Error to
503 Folks.PersonaStoreError
504 * Add a Persona.individual property
505 * Add a Persona.writeable_properties property and implement it in all the
507 * Make BirthdayDetails.calendar_event_id nullable
508 * Make Folks.Utils public and add Gee structure equality functions
509 * AvatarDetails.avatar is now of type LoadableIcon?
510 * Add AvatarCache class
511 * Add ObjectCache class
512 * Remove leaked internal PotentialMatch.result_to_string() method
513 * Add RoleDetails:role property
514 * Rebase FieldDetails upon AbstractFieldDetails (requiring the use of the
515 equivalent AbstractFieldDetails functions in place of the FieldDetails ones).
516 * Add AbstractFieldDetails.equal() and hash() for better matching on structures
517 which will store derived objects.
518 * Add parameters as an optional argument for the FieldDetails constructor
519 * Use PostalAddressFieldDetails for PostalAddressDetails.postal_addresses
520 * Remove PostalAddress.types (obsoleted by PostalAddressFieldDetails.parameters)
521 * Add and use ImFieldDetails for ImDetails.im_addresses
522 * Add and use EmailFieldDetails for EmailFieldDetails.email_addresses
523 * Add and use NoteFieldDetails for NoteFieldDetails.notes
524 * Remove Note class (obsoleted by NoteFieldDetails)
525 * Add and use PhoneFieldDetails for PhoneFieldDetails.phone_numbers
526 * Remove all PhoneDetails functions (obsoleted by PhoneFieldDetails)
527 * Add and use WebServiceFieldDetails for
528 WebServiceFieldDetails.web_service_addresses
529 * Use RoleFieldDetails for RoleDetails.roles
530 * Use UrlFieldDetails for UrlDetails.urls
532 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.5.1 to libfolks 0.5.2
533 =========================================================
536 * Bug 650067 — Tracker backend warns when setting a NULL avatar (ie, unsetting
538 * Bug 650268 — build failure: "--vapidir=.: command not found"
540 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.5.0 to libfolks 0.5.1
541 =========================================================
544 * Bug 645388 — Group channels are leaked
545 * Bug 647562 — Don't crash on duplicate group channels
546 * Bug 647121 — Crash in individual_store_contact_sort at
547 empathy-individual-store.c line 1387
548 * Bug 645684 — Implement Iterator on LinkedHashSet
549 * Bug 640092 — Folks should minimize use of GLib.List (including its public API)
550 * Bug 648161 — Add GObject Introspection Support
551 * Bug 645186 — Make sure all connect() calls have appropriate disconnect() calls
552 * Bug 648533 — Add runtime debug signalling
553 * Bug 649790 — Vala uses the wrong includes
554 * Bug 649088 — Combining contacts doesn't work with german Umlauts
557 * LinkedHashSet.list_iterator() is now disallowed (causes an assertion failure)
558 * LinkedHashSet.iterator() now returns a BidirIterator instead of just an
560 * ImDetails.im_addresses is now of type MultiMap<string, string>
561 * WebServiceDetails.web_service_addresses is now of type
562 MultiMap<string, string>
563 * Removed LinkedHashSet in favour of Gee.HashSet
564 * Backend.persona_stores is now of type Map<string, PersonaStore>
565 * GroupDetails.groups is now of type Set<string>
566 * FieldDetails.parameters is now of type MultiMap<string, string>
567 * FieldDetails.get_parameter_values() now returns type Collection<string>
568 * FieldDetails.extend_parameters() now takes type MultiMap<string, string>
569 * PostalAddressDetails.postal_addresses is now of type Set<PostalAddress>
570 * EmailDetails.email_addresses is now of type Set<FieldDetails>
571 * PhoneDetails.phone_numbers is now of type Set<FieldDetails>
572 * UrlDetails.urls is now of type Set<FieldDetails>
573 * BackendStore.enabled_backends now has type Map<string, Backend>
574 - The corresponding C function folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
575 has been renamed folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends(), and no longer
576 returns an owned variable.
577 * Individual.personas now has type Set<Persona>
578 * Individual.personas_changed now uses Set<Persona>-typed parameters
579 * PersonaStore.personas_changed now uses Set<Persona>-typed parameters
580 * IndividualAggregator.individuals_changed now uses
581 Set<Individual>-typed parameters
582 * IndividualAggregator.link_personas() now takes a Set<Persona>
583 * IndividualAggregator.get_all_potential_matches() now returns a
584 Map<Individual, Map<Individual, MatchResult>>
585 * IndividualAggregator.get_potential_matches() now returns a
586 Map<Individual, MatchResult>
587 * IndividualAggregator.individuals now has type Map<string, Individual>
588 * PersonaStore.personas now has type Map<string, Persona>
589 * LocalIdDetails.local_ids now has type Set<string>
590 * NoteDetails.notes now has type Set<Note>
591 * RoleDetails.roles now has type Set<Role>
592 * PotentialMatch.known_email_aliases now has type Set<string>
593 * PostalAddress.types now has type Set<string>
594 * Add Folks.Debug debug controller class
595 * All pc-files now only add the $includedir to the cflags, so all includes
596 must be of the form <folks/*.h>
598 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.4.0 to libfolks 0.5.0
599 =========================================================
602 * Add support to change primary (writeable) store either via
603 GConf or an env variable (bug 645441).
604 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.12.0 for bug #646345
607 * Bug 644968 - _update_phone_numbers() needs to create copies
608 of each List<FieldDetails>
609 * Bug 644966 - _update_emails () needs to create copies of each
611 * Bug 644527 - Add a Tracker backend
612 * Bug 645430 - folks-inspect: Use LinkedHashSet to access im-addresses
613 * Bug 645411 - folks-import segfaults on startup
614 * Crasher when removing Personas
615 * Crasher when reconnecting a Telepathy account
616 * Bug 645680 — Use random integer IDs for Kf.Personas
617 * Bug 645475 — Linker warnings for Tracker backend tests
618 * Bug 645570 — Fix checks for empty and equal StructuredNames
619 * Bug 645989 — Ensure add_persona_from_details handles the basic attribute
620 * Bug 645413 — Write support for Tracker
621 * Bug 645441 — Mechanism to specify primary backend
622 * Bug 638280 — Add a libsocialweb backend
623 * Deal with duplicated phones/e-mails in Tracker
624 * Bug 646944 — Fix libsocialweb updates and removals of contacts
625 * Bug 644867 — add interface for linkable web service contact UIDs
626 * Bug 647168 — print the "web-service-addresses" property correctly
627 * Bug 646831 — Setting an existing phone number or e-mail address on a
629 * Bug 647298 — folks-inspect gets SIGSEGV when trying to auto-complete
631 * Bug 646948 — Support for potential matches
634 * Add equal () to StructuredName
635 * Add detail_key () along with an enum PersonaDetail to PersonaStore
636 which together define the basic attributes that should be supported
637 by add_persona_from_details ().
638 * Add public primary_store to IndividualAggregator
639 * Add LocalIdDetails interface for linking Personas based on local address book
640 IDs (such as for the Tracker backend Personas)
641 * Add WebServiceDetails interface for linking Personas based on web service
642 accounts (such as for the libsocialweb backend Personas)
643 * Add PotentialMatch class and IndividualAggregator.get_potential_matches() and
644 IndividualAggregator.get_all_potential_matches() to suggest Individuals that
645 may match the given Individual or all potential matches, respectively.
647 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.6 to libfolks 0.4.0
648 =========================================================
651 * Bug 642351 — BACKEND_STORE_KEY_FILE format should support a wildcard entry
652 * Bug 643241 — _update_urls () needs to create copies of each
654 * Bug 643247 — Folks needs C API documentation
655 * Bug 643201 — folks-inspect can't handle properties which are
657 * Bug 642866 — tp-lowlevel leaks TpChannel
658 * Bug 642861 — FolksLinkedHashSet still alive when exiting Empathy
659 * Bug 642493 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's organisation
660 * Bug 642500 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's birthday
661 * Bug 642501 — Folks needs API for attaching notes to a Contact
662 * Bug 641210 — Add interface for postal addresses
663 * Bug 643956 — Use the correct signal name for postal addresses
664 * Bug 643954 — Add to_string () to PostalAddress class
665 * Bug 643955 — Add to_string () to RoleOwner class
666 * Bug 643957 — Deal handle birthday and postal-addresses.
667 * Bug 644457 — Handle structured names
668 * Bug 644165 — An individual's avatar shouldn't be replaced by a null avatar
671 * Add RoleDetails interface
672 * Add BirthdayDetails interface
673 * Add NoteDetails interface
674 * Add PostalAddressDetails interface
675 * Rename Aliasable -> AliasDetails
676 * Rename AvatarOwner -> AvatarDetails
677 * Rename Emailable -> EmailDetails
678 * Rename Favouritable -> FavouriteDetails
679 * Rename GenderOwner -> GenderDetails
680 * Rename Groupable -> GroupDetails
681 * Rename IMable -> ImDetails
682 * Rename NameOwner -> NameDetails
683 * Rename Phoneable -> PhoneDetails
684 * Rename PresenceOwner -> PresenceDetails
685 * Rename Urlable -> UrlDetails
687 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.5 to libfolks 0.3.6
688 =========================================================
690 This is just a repackaging of libfolks 0.3.5 with some documentation comment
691 version numbers fixed.
693 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.4 to libfolks 0.3.5
694 =========================================================
697 * Various API breaks and improvements, especially in the IndividualAggregator
698 * Add various new interfaces: NameOwner, FieldDetails, Urlable, GenderOwner,
699 Phoneable and Emailable
702 * Add NameOwner interface
703 * Add FieldDetails interface
704 * Add Urlable interface
705 * Add GenderOwner interface
706 * Add Phoneable interface
707 * Add Emailable interface
708 * Add Tpf.Persona.is_in_contact_list
709 * Rename the URLable interface to Urlable
710 * Take a PersonaStore in IndividualAggregator.add_persona_from_details
711 * Remove IndividualAggregatorError.STORE_NOT_FOUND
712 * Rename the getter for BackendStore.enabled_backends from
713 folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends() to
714 folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
715 * Rename BackendStore.get_backend_by_name() to .dup_backend_by_name()
718 * Bug 640901 — Allow it to be determined whether a user Tpf.Persona is in the
720 * Bug 641780 — Incorrect C function names for URLable interface
721 * Bug 629078 — Folks needs a full API review to take advantage of our
722 compatibility break in 0.2.x
723 * Bug 642036 — No way to pass a message when adding a contact
725 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.3 to libfolks 0.3.4
726 =========================================================
729 * Add folks-inspect tool
730 * The use of the new LinkedHashSet type in the API may make libgee a requirement
731 for some clients (to take full advantage of its class lineage).
734 * New type: LinkedHashSet, similar to Gee.HashSet, but ordered.
735 * IMable.im_addresses is now a mapping of string to LinkedHashSet.
736 * Rename the HasAvatar interface to AvatarOwner
737 * Rename the HasPresence interface to PresenceOwner
740 * Bug 637240 — libfolks-telepathy.so exports private symbols
741 * Bug 638311 — Add a HACKING file that outlines development policies and
743 * Bug 629083 — Review coding conventions in folks
744 * Bug 629075 — Add folks command line application
745 * Bug 638609 — libfolks hard-codes backend names for debugging
746 * Bug 639195 — Print stack traces for failed tests to improve remote
748 * Bug 639113 — Add static aggregation tests
749 * Bug 639742 — Logger service unavailable in make check
750 * Bug 640213 — Add tests for LinkedHashSet
751 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
753 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.2 to libfolks 0.3.3
754 =========================================================
757 * Fix some minor leaks
758 * Add support for building gtk-doc documentation for the C API
759 * Fix some related documentation problems
760 * Fix some Vala problems caused by differences between Vala 0.10 and 0.12
761 * Finish off renaming interfaces (this is an API break; see below)
762 * Don't trust personas from IRC
763 * Handle invalid IM addresses more gracefully than with an assertion failure
764 * Fix a linking problem with the user's individual when going offline which
765 could lead to infinite loops
768 * Rename the Avatar interface to HasAvatar
769 * Rename the Presence interface to HasPresence
770 * Rename the Favourite interface to Favouritable
772 * Throw IMableError from IMable.normalise_im_address()
775 * Bug 635178 — Leak in
776 folks_tp_lowlevel_connection_open_contact_list_channel_async
777 * Bug 635649 — autopoint fails to run
778 * Bug 635703 — Leak in connection_get_requestable_channel_classes_cb
779 * Bug 635823 — [PATCH] telepathy test not linking against GIO
780 * Bug 636251 — Fails to add contact
781 * Bug 629526 — Generate gtk-doc documentation
782 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
783 * Bug 636714 — Assertion failure on invalid IM address
784 * Bug 637136 — Infinite loop when disconnecting accounts
786 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.1 to libfolks 0.3.2
787 ==========================================================
790 * BackendStore.load_backends() now (un)loads backends which have been
791 (dis|en)abled since the last call
792 * FOLKS_BACKEND_DIR has been replaced by FOLKS_BACKEND_PATH. It accepts any
793 number of files and directories, separated by :
794 * Significantly clean up the build system
797 * Added BackendStore.prepare() and BackendStore::is-prepared
798 * Add BackendStore.enable_backend().
799 * Add BackendStore.disable_backend().
800 * Add BackendStore.unprepare().
801 * Remove casting convenience methods on Individual (casting isn't hard)
802 * Change the visibility of the setters of PersonaStore.type_id,
803 PersonaStore.display_name, PersonaStore.id, Backend.name,
804 Backend.persona_stores and Persona.linkable_properties. This removes the
805 corresponding C setter methods which should never have been exposed
806 * Remove Tpf.PersonaError
807 * Remove the exception from the Tpf.Persona constructor
810 * Bug 629081 — Add API to allow specific backends to be disabled
811 * Bug 629862 — Add tests for the key-file backend
812 * Bug 628883 — Add localisation support
813 * Bug 633718 — Make the Folks releases buildable without vala, valadoc, or
815 * Bug 633080 — Crash when disconnecting twice
817 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.0 to libfolks 0.3.1
818 ==========================================================
821 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the client type feature
824 * Add the PersonaStore:can-add-personas property
825 * Add the PersonaStore:can-remove-personas property
826 * Add the PersonaStore:can-alias-personas property
827 * Add the PersonaStore:can-group-personas property
828 * Make Individual implement the IMable interface
831 * Bug 630431 — notify::alias is never emitted
832 * Bug 631864 — Crash when empathy disconnects
833 * Bug 632096 — build failure: contact-retrieval.o: undefined reference to
834 symbol 'gee_abstract_collection_add'
835 * Bug 632163 — Folks key-file backend needs a way to point to a specific
837 * Bug 632564 — assertion `EMPATHY_IS_CONTACT (contact)' failed in
838 individual_store_contact_sort
840 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.17 to libfolks 0.3.0
841 ==========================================================
844 * Fixed some linking problems
845 * Added some missing documentation
846 * Fixed build problems introduced by switching to gobject-introspection 0.9.6
847 (i.e. GIR format 1.2)
848 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.16
849 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.10.0
850 * Bumped gobject-introspection dependency to 0.9.6
851 * Ensured IM addresses are normalised before being compared
852 * Made the folks-import build optional through a configure argument
853 * Added support for a “self” individual
854 * Added support for generating and installing Devhelp format documentation
855 * BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions are now idempotent
856 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the avatar token and data
858 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the capabilities feature
861 * Added IMable.normalise_im_address()
862 * Renamed Groups interface to Groupable
863 * Renamed Alias interface to Aliasable
864 * Removed BackendStore constructor
865 * Added BackendStore.dup()
866 * Added BackendStore::enabled-backends
867 * Added Individual::is-user
868 * Added Persona::is-user
869 * Added IndividualAggregator::user
870 * Added PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_USER
871 * Added {IndividualAggregator, PersonaStoreError}.STORE_OFFLINE, used by the
872 respective add_persona_from_details() functions
875 * Bug 629452 — [Patch] Add missing gio linking for import-tool
876 * Bug 626008 — Add @since lines to all symbols
877 * Bug 629311 — Folks should normalize IDs written to the writable backend
878 * Bug 629644 — Key file backend cannot be loaded because of linking problems
879 * Bug 629666 — libfolks should not hard autodetect libxml
880 * Bug 628970 — Folks API needs a way to determine whether a specific type of
881 PersonaStore is available
882 * Bug 629096 — Add a library init function
883 * Bug 627402 — Support marking FolksPersonas as "me"
884 * Bug 629642 — individuals-changed emitted in the wrong order
885 * Bug 629643 — do not fall back to the id if alias is empty
886 * Bug 629006 — PersonaStore should gracefully handle offline Persona change
888 * Bug 629331 — BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions should
890 * Bug 629008 — Add a test for Persona additions
891 * Bug 630347 — Avatars are always NULL
893 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.16 to libfolks 0.1.17
894 ===========================================================
897 * Added a basic test suite
898 * Cleaned up the build system
899 * Ensured the public libraries' VAPI files are distributed and installed
900 * Prevented the key-file from being saved unnecessarily
901 * Fixed multi-byte character handling in the key-file backend
902 * Ensured account removal and invalidation is handled in the Telepathy backend
903 * Prevented a hang when creating relationships.ini in certain situations
904 * Added a folks-import tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin; this adds
905 a dependency on libxml
908 * Added PersonaStore.flush()
911 * Bug 628930 — folks crahses empathy on relationships.ini read
912 * Bug 629082 — Empathy crashes when toggling "Ignore SSL certificate errors"
914 * Bug 628853 — hangs if there's no relationships.ini file
915 * Bug 629084 — Add a folks-import tool
917 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.15 to libfolks 0.1.16
918 ===========================================================
921 * Added more debugging output
922 * Fixed various small outputted code bugs
923 * Fixed problem where key file groups would be overwritten in some situations
924 * Fixed various signal emission problems
925 * Prevented changes to Personas' properties from being propagated back up to the
927 * Limited libgee dependency to < 0.7 due to API changes in libgee
928 * Added a FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING environment variable to disable linking (for
932 * Bug 628108 — Favorite contacts are not save any more
933 * Bug 628294 — Some contacts appear to be linked together while they shouldn't
934 * Bug 628305 — Signal removal of Individuals containing untrusted Personas
935 * Bug 628131 — error message when trying to link ICQ with jabber
936 * Bug 628343 — Add an environment variable to disable linking
937 * Bug 628335 — Assertion error with master
939 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14.1 to libfolks 0.1.15
940 =============================================================
943 * Fixed various build problems
944 * Ensured duplicate entries don't appear in various sets
945 * Made gobject-introspection dependency explicit
946 * Limited libgee dependency to <= 0.5.2 due to API changes in libgee
947 * Reworked some of the Individual internals to make notifications more efficient
948 * Added the concept of an Individual's “trust level”
949 * Changed alias fallbacks to fall back to a display ID instead of a UID
950 * Added support for storing aliases in the key-file backend and use them in
951 preference to aliases from other Personas in an Individual
954 * Added Individual:personas-changed
955 * Added TrustLevel enum
956 * Added Individual::trust-level
957 * Implemented Alias on Kf.Persona
960 * Bug 627314 — folks cannot be install in gentoo sandbox
961 * Bug 627506 — Require gobject-introspection
962 * Bug 626725 — Add an Individual.personas_changed signal
963 * Bug 627968 — Add Individual.trust_level property
964 * Bug 626578 — Use vala's vala.m4 to check for telepathy-glib(.vapi)
965 * Bug 626410 — contacts show up with a weird alias
966 * Bug 627508 — Store alias and groups in the key-file backend
967 * Bug 627898 — Fails to install with -j4
969 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14 to libfolks 0.1.14.1
970 =============================================================
973 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.6
974 * Fixed some more warning spew
976 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.13 to libfolks 0.1.14
977 ===========================================================
980 * Changed Vala detection code to use the correct macro
981 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.5
982 * Removed some more message spew
983 * Changed tp-lowlevel Vala bindings to be generated using gobject-introspection
984 * Added optional dependency on gobject-introspection 0.6.7
986 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.12 to libfolks 0.1.13
987 ===========================================================
990 * Added the concept of “linkable properties”
991 * Added the IMable interface
992 * Added the concept of persona store “trust”
993 * Added a writeable key-file backend
994 * Added linking support to the IndividualAggregator
995 * Tidied up ID handling in the backends
996 * Warn if a backend's MIME type could not be determined, notifying the user if
997 libfolks can't load backends due to shared-mime-info not being installed
998 * Hint to clients the Individual replacing a removed Individual (if any)
999 * Exposed Telepathy contacts' IM addresses using the IMable interface
1000 * Fixed some build and dependency issues
1001 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.11 and dropped dependency on
1003 * Added the concept of “writeable” PersonaStores and use this concept to prevent
1004 properties being synchronised between PersonaStores unnecessarily (and
1005 potentially even destructively)
1008 * Added Persona::linkable-properties
1009 * Added IMable interface
1010 * Added PersonaStoreTrust enum
1011 * Added PersonaStore::trust-level
1012 * Added Persona.LinkablePropertyCallback()
1013 * Added Persona.linkable_property_to_links()
1014 * Added Persona.build_uid()
1015 * Added Persona.split_uid()
1016 * Added Persona::display-id
1017 * Added PersonaStore::display-name
1018 * Added replacement_individual parameter to Individual:removed
1019 * Implemented IMable on Tpf.Persona
1020 * Added IndividualAggregatorError.NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
1021 * Added IndividualAggregator.link_personas()
1022 * Added IndividualAggregator.unlink_individual()
1023 * Added PersonaStore::is-writeable
1026 * Bug 625830 — Adding an existing contact to the tp backend results in bogus
1028 * Bug 626108 — Defining XDG_DATA_DIRS prevents backends from being loaded
1030 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.11 to libfolks 0.1.12
1031 ===========================================================
1034 * Added debug flags support using the FOLKS_DEBUG environment variable
1035 * Removed various bits of message and warning spew
1036 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.4
1037 * Ensured connections which are ready as soon as they're connected are handled
1039 * Versioned the installed backends using the main library's libtool version
1042 * Bug 625815 — No contat showed in the contact list
1044 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.10 to libfolks 0.1.11
1045 ===========================================================
1048 * Moved various bits of preparation code out into async prepare() methods to
1049 avoid race conditions on startup
1050 * Reset TpfPersonaStore state when going offline
1051 * Made several methods async which could potentially require it in future
1052 * Added error throws to various functions which could potentially fail in future
1055 * Added PersonaStore.prepare()
1056 * Added Backend.prepare()
1057 * Removed error thrown from Backend constructor
1058 * Added IndividualAggregator.prepare()
1059 * Changed return type of Presence.is_online() from uint to int
1060 * Made IndividualAggregator.remove_individual() async
1061 * Made PersonaStore.remove_persona() async
1062 * Added an error throw to BackendStore.load_backends()
1063 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.prepare()
1064 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_individual()
1065 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_persona()
1066 * Added an error throw to PersonaStore.remove_persona()
1067 * Made Groups.change_group() async
1068 * Made Groups:group-changed async
1070 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.9 to libfolks 0.1.10
1071 ==========================================================
1074 * Fixed various memory and reference leaks
1075 * Lots of build system improvements
1076 * Added a libtool version to the installed libraries
1078 Initial release of libfolks 0.1.9
1079 =================================
1082 * Move to GNOME infrastructure